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Mark
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Check this out, a great cover of an oft-heard but rocking Stones tune:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcQt-oGcGVY&search;=jivin%20sister%20fanny
24 May 2006 - Greensburg
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Keith Harrison
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Hi Tom. I'd have put the whole Have a Good Time disc on there, but I believe the original request for songs asked that we choose from the five studio CDs Joe has released since '92.
Speaking of which -- can I amend my list? I can't believe I didn't include that awesome cover of the Clash's "Magnificent Seven." If these lists do lead to a Joe compilation disc, any chance of getting the rights to that one? And how a live "Talking to the King" from that October Assault tour with Bruce?
24 May 2006 - Shaler
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Mike
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Thanks Joe!
24 May 2006
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tombreiding
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No one picked "Rockola" for their list.
24 May 2006 - AmeriSon Studio
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Keith Harrison
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Hope it's not too late for one more list. Per Bob's guidelines: My faves, from End of the Century through True Companion:
1. Lighten Up
2. A Long Way to Go
3. No Strings Attached
4. Homestead
5. Talking to the King
6. Idiot's Delight
7. I Remember It
8. Fingerprints
9. What Did You Do in the War?
10. Something to Cry About
11. A Silver Spoon
12. Only Lovers Left Alive
13. You and Tonight
14. Don't Give Up the Ghost
15. American Babylon
16. Everything's Going to Work Out Right
I put the emphasis on the rockers. Nothing against the ballads. But if I made a similar list for the Stones, sure I'd have spots for songs like Wild Horses, but mostly I'd have rockers, because those are the ones where the Stones created the sound that they will forever be remembered for. And I think it's the same way with Joe. From the very first ICHR record through today -- including some amazing dual-guitar glory with Bill Toms on most of the songs above -- the sound that Joe has made his own is the primal roar of the best damned bar band on Earth.
And besides: Lots and lots of middle-aged guys play ballads and pop. How many of them can still peel the paint off the club walls like Joe?
P.S. Is it right to assume that using End of the Century as the "start date" for these lists means that there is a compilation in the works -- but Rounder Records isn't making tracks from the first two HR discs available?
23 May 2006 - Shaler
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Iron City Houserockers
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The Iron City Houserockers were an American rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, led by singer/guitarist Joe Grushecky, that existed from the late 1970s until 1985. Lumped into the heartland rock genre, critically praised but commercially unsuccessful, the band's fans view them as one of the great "shoulda-beens" in the history of rock and roll.
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1 History
2 Lineup
3 Discography
3.1 Albums
4 External links
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History
Started in the late seventies as the Brick Alley Band by Grushecky, a high school special education teacher in Pittsburgh, the band was a fairly typical bar band, distinguished by Grushecky's taut, focused songs about life in the open hearth and a distinctive, harmonica-and-guitar driven sound owing much to the Rolling Stones, but which seemed to borrow a lot of the thrashy fury of punk rock.
Released in 1979, their debut album Love's So Tough suffered from rough, cheap-sounded production but showcased the potential of the band's sound. "Dance With Me" and "I Can't Take It" were viewed as standout cuts.
The band's follow-up album Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive) is recognized by many as a classic [1]: raw and impassioned, it is not a perfect album, but its flaws are both fascinating and much less than the sum of the high points. The tandem tavern-set tracks "Old Man Bar" and "Junior's Bar" were especially praised. Production was credited to Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson, although much of the album was produced by an uncredited Steven van Zandt.
The Houserockers' third album, Blood On The Bricks, is a bit more restrained, but a lot richer and more consistent; for the first time, Grushecky's ballads measure up to his faster anthems. Produced by American soul-rock legend Steve Cropper, the album crackles with restrained intensity. The 1983 edition Rolling Stone Record Guide praised it as the band's best album, although it had good marks for all of them.
The band then changed its name to simply The Houserockers to avoid the geographic ghetto the "Iron City" moniker had put them in. It also shed harmonica player Marc Reisman, and saw Gil Snyder adding synthesizers to his trademark piano and organ. The subsequent album, Cracking Under Pressure, like all the band's previous efforts, drew critical raves - but didn't sell much. The band was dropped from MCA Records shortly after the album's release, and broke up a few months later.
Joe Grushecky went on to a modestly successful career on his own, often under the name Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers. He has co-written several songs with fellow heartland rocker Bruce Springsteen and made a number of on-stage appearances with him.
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Lineup
Joe Grushecky - Rhythm Guitar
Gary Scalese - Lead Guitar (first album)
Eddie Britt - Lead Guitar (subsequent albums)
Art Nardini - Bass
Gil Snyder - Keyboards, Accordion
Ned Rankin - Drums
Marc Reisman - Harmonica (first three albums)
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Discography
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Albums
1979 Love's So Tough [re-released on CD]
1980 Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive) [re-released on CD]
1981 Blood on the Bricks
1983 Cracking Under Pressure
1992 Pumping Iron & Sweating Steel: The Best of the Iron City Houserockers
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External links
Joe Grushecky web site
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_City_Houserockers"
23 May 2006 - cyber space
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Joe G
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SRV played the Decade first time summer of 84. Dom has some choice stories. Jammed with him once. He had his guitar tuned down to Eb which meant that everyone while he played in E-great guitar key- thoase who jammed with him had to play in Eb- world's shittiest guitar key. I was cheesed off !!! Remember thinking "I can't play in Eb" Can't even recall song we did. The Houserockers played with him at Station Square not long before his accident. I thought of all the times I saw him, that was his best nite.
23 May 2006 - Home
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Mike
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Stevie Ray Vaughan played at the Decade in Pittsburgh early in his career. Anybody remember the date/month/year?
23 May 2006
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Keith G. Kondrich
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Joe & Luca -
Thanks very much for the info on "The Line of Love & Hate" Very cool song and lyrics. Luca, I will be emailing you to find out how to purchase the new CD for my collection! Keep up the great work guys!
23 May 2006 - Pittsburgh, PA
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WOW!
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Very powerful lyrics!
23 May 2006
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